By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 30

Lyoto
Machida had to temporarily put friendship aside for his
middleweight debut. Even while prevailing in spectacularly violent
fashion, the former 205-pound champion remained a restrained, class
act.

Machida knocked out former training partner Mark Munoz
with a head kick 3:10 into the opening round of the
UFC Fight Night 30 headliner at the Phones 4U Arena in
Manchester, England, on Saturday night. Realizing that one strike
was sufficient, the Brazilian did not pull the trigger on a
follow-up attack. The damage had already been done and with it,
Machida announced himself as a serious contender at 185 pounds. The
final statistics, though limited, provide insight into how
efficient the karateka can be at his best. Here is a by-the-numbers
look at UFC Fight Night 30, with figures courtesy of
FightMetric.com.

5: Fighters in UFC history who own two victories
via head-kick knockout. Machida became the fifth by stopping Munoz
with a head kick 3:10 into their middleweight conflict. The others
are Vitor
Belfort, Yves Edwards,
Anthony
Johnson and Paul Taylor.
It was the second defeat by head kick for Munoz; the first came
against Matt Hamill
at UFC 96.

0: Significant strikes landed by Munoz in three
attempts during the abbreviated encounter. By comparison, Machida
landed five of 10 significant strikes attempted.

4: Fight camps affiliated with Melvin
Guillard over the past two years. Beginning with his UFC 136
loss to Joe Lauzon,
“The Young Assassin” has trained with Jackson’s MMA, the
Blackzilians, Grudge Training Center and most recently, American
Top Team. Guillard’s bout with Ross
Pearson was ruled a no contest due to an illegal knee landed by
the Louisiana native.

14: Finishes -- including 13 via knockout or
technical knockout -- in 14 professional appearances for Jimi Manuwa.
Interestingly enough, all three of “Poster Boy’s” UFC triumphs have
come as a result of injury to his opponents. Most recently,
Ryan
Jimmo succumbed to a leg injury 4:41 into round two of their
light heavyweight encounter.

81: Significant strikes landed by Norman
Parke in his unanimous verdict over Jon Tuck, the
most of anyone on the UFC Fight Night 30 card. After being
outlanded 23 to 12 by his Guamanian foe in round one, Parke held a
combined 69 to 44 edge in significant strikes over the course of
the final two frames.

1,315: Days since Alessio
Sakara’s last UFC victory, a first-round technical knockout
triumph over James Irvin
at UFC Live 1. The Italian middleweight has lost four straight
fights in the Octagon, including an opening-round submission defeat
via armbar against Nicholas
Musoke.

6: Total pounds that John
Lineker has been overweight on the three occasions he has
missed the contracted flyweight limit during his UFC tenure. The
Brazilian weighed 128 prior to facing Phil Harris
on Saturday, 129 prior to facing Jose Maria
Tome at UFC 163 and 127 before his UFC on Fox 3 bout against
Louis
Gaudinot. “Hands of Stone” is 2-1 in those bouts after stopping
Harris in the first round.

3: Knockdowns landed by Lineker in a little less
than three minutes against Harris. The Brazilian also landed three
knockdowns in a second-round stoppage of Azamat
Gashimov at UFC on Fox 8 in May.

2:51: Official time of Lineker’s TKO triumph, the
fastest finish by a flyweight since the UFC added the division last
year.

.910: Percentage of Jim Hettes’
victories that have ended via submission. After a 13-month absence
from the Octagon, “The Kid” earned his 10th such triumph by tapping
Robert
Whiteford with a triangle choke in the second round of their
featherweight clash.

13: UFC events held in England, including
Saturday’s card in Manchester. The promotion first ventured to the
country for UFC 38 “Brawl at the Hall,” which was held at the Royal
Albert
Hall in London.